The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 29, 1906
Waxing Crescent
24.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
10:59 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.9° / 104.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 36m / -0.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.11° / -3.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.60° / 5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.00° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.